Recherswil
Recherswil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Wasseramt (district), Wasseramt, in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Solothurn (canton), Solothurn in Switzerland.
History
Recherswil is first mentioned in 1278 as ...
) is a
Swiss
Swiss most commonly refers to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Swiss may also refer to: Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
* Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
* Swiss Café, an old café located ...
curler.
Schwaller started playing curling in 1982. He plays in fourth position as a skip and is right-handed.
In 2001 he won a silver medal at the World Curling Championships, in his home country. He scored an upset victory over
Randy Ferbey
Randy S. Ferbey (born May 30, 1959) is a Canadian retired curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion. He recently coached the Rachel Homan women's team.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, ...
in the semifinals, before falling to
Peja Lindholm
Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm (born 2 June 1970 in Östersund, Sweden) is a retired Swedish curler. Before Niklas Edin, many regarded him as the best European skip ever.
Over his two-decade curling playing career, Lindholm won three World Champ ...
in the final.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics he looked set to make the gold medal game, leading eventual gold medalist
Pål Trulsen
Pål Trulsen (born 19 April 1962 in Drøbak, Norway) is a Norwegian curler from Hosle in Bærum, and was the 2002 Olympic curling men's champion.
Career
Trulsen participated in both the and World Junior Championships, finishing both tou ...
6-3 after 8 ends in the semifinal. Trulsen though made a large comeback, stealing in the 10th end, and then coming up with the winning stolen point in the 11th when Schwaller wrecked on a guard. He recovered to win the bronze medal game over Sweden, skipped by Lindholm, gaining revenge from the previous years World Championship final result, and earning an Olympic medal.
His brother is
Christof Schwaller
Christof Schwaller (born 3 October 1966) is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.Xenia Schwaller.
Christof Schwaller
Christof Schwaller (born 3 October 1966) is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.Markus Eggler
Markus Eggler (born 22 January 1969 in Thun) is a retired Swiss curler from Münchenstein.
Eggler was the skip of the Swiss team at the , and World Junior Curling Championships. At the event, he won a bronze medal. He then skipped the Swiss ...
, ''Second''
Damian Grichting
Damian Grichting (born 8 April 1973 in Leukerbad) is a Swiss curler.
Grichting plays in first position and is right-handed.